NHTSA Complaint #11100327 — 2012 FORD FUSION

DRIVING AT A SPEED OF AROUND 35MPH, THE POWER STEERING AND ADVANCTRAC WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. DRIVING WAS OKAY. PARKED CAR, TURNED IT OFF AND THEN BACK ON, POWER STEERING SERVICE NOW LIGHT CAME ON AND LOSS OF STEERING OCCURRED. CAR WAS TOWED TO NORTH HAMPTON, NH FORD... POWER STEERING WAS COMPLETELY REPLACED [ALONG WITH 4 BRAKE PADS]. LESS THAN 3 WEEKS LATER, SAME INDICATOR WARNING CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ~50MPH. BROUGHT BACK TO RAYNHAM, MA FORD DEALERSHIP... THEY REPLACED FRONT STRUTS, O2 SENSOR, RESET COMPUTERS... HAD THE CAR BACK LESS THAN A FULL DAY... SAME POWER STEERING WARNING/ADVANCTRAC WARNING CAME ON WHILE DRIVING A BACK ROAD UNDER 30MPH... TURNED CAR OFF, TURNED BACK ON, POWER STEERING COMPLETELY GONE AGAIN. IT WAS COMPLETELY REPLACED LESS THAN A MONTH AGO. NOW EXPENSES OVER $5K FOR REPAIRS, AND THE CARS STEERING IS GONE. WAITING FOR DEALERSHIP TO DIAGNOSE THIS TIME. SEARCHED BY VIN FOR RECALLS THE FIRST GO ROUND, AND NOTHING CAME UP.... NOW IT LISTS AN EPAS STEERING EFFORTS... WHICH THROUGH RESEARCH SHOWS HAS BEEN OUT FOR A WHILE, SO WHY WAS THIS NOT LISTED FOR MY CAR BEFORE!?